What could possibly have caused 3 earthquakes in the same area in one week?
Florida is one of the least seismically active states, but residents in the northwest Panhandle area might say otherwise.
This series of earthquakes mirrors a similar 1997 seismic event in the area, according to Auburn University geologist Joan Gomberg, who wrote a paper for the US Geological Survey in 1999 describing the 1997 earthquakes. Gomberg's research concluded that there could be a link between oil drilling and the earthquakes.
Local meteorologist Spinks Megginson provided real-time earthquake coverage on his RedZone Weather website and social media channels. Megginson told Newsweek he'd been in contact with USGS geophysicists, and that it is next to impossible that oil drilling or fracking directly caused the earthquakes. Sandy Ebersole, who heads the division of the Geological Survey of Alabama that documents and studies earthquakes, said it’s not uncommon to have multiple small-scale earthquakes back-to-back.
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